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I recently submitted this and as promissed I've submitted the whole lot, including my designs for fake crests (minus three). I've changed some of the designs from my earlier Digiegg piece.

Down the left hand side are the official crests from Digimon Adventure (Courage, Friendship, Love, Knowledge, Sincerity, Reliability, Hope, Light, and Kindness) along with fake crests for Veemon, Hawkmon, and Armadillomon.

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All of these crests are awesome, and I would love to include them in a fanfic project I'm trying to work on (after giving me the permission to use them of course). Also I was wondering, why haven't you create shapes for the crests of Pride, Desire, and Tenacity, three canonical crests with no form at the moment.

Some of them are more obscure than others, and I've forgotten a lot of them, but I looked into various symbolism and used colours associated with specific traits. E.g. Modesty is a lotus because it's a symbol of beauty but the actual flower sinks back into the mud it comes from each day; it's golden brown because gold and brown represent wealth and success, and wholesomeness, respectively i.e. achievement without the glory. Most of them are less grounded, more improvised, and abstract; for instance, the star for Respect comes from a combination of the prevalence of the shape in law enforcement in the west, and its association with fame, but also because stars are a symbol of the heavens (and by connection God/gods), our star is responsible for our energy, and we literally look up at them. Colour-wise, a few of them overlap, like Devotion (the hour glass) and Patience (the snowflake) are coloured similarly because the blue-green portion of the spectrum is calming and passive, which suits both traits; incidentally, I used the snowflake for Patience because cold periods are a test of endurance and the idea of something (sometimes literally) being frozen in time suits the theme of patience.

As a quick guide, from what I can remember (note that there's some extreme stylisation going on):Loyalty: Orbit (relationship between the moon and the Earth)Integrity: (I think this was a combination of a peacock, but also a leaf for reasons I can't quite remember)Trust: VaultDevotion: Hour GlassUnity: (Similar to the Taijitu); two becoming oneStability: Triangle (most stable shape)Passion: FlameModesty: Lotus flowerCompassion: An embraceEndurance: Sun and planetDetermination: Sun and mountain (sun coming up each day)Grace: ButterflyCoordination: Arrows reaching the same pointPersistence: A cycleTolerance: (I think this one was a volcano, symbolising pressure)Respect: StarVigilance: EyePatience: SnowflakeGenerosity: Candle (providing light)Confidence: Confrontation on all sides; standing your groundVersatility: The double-helix (evolution)Chivalry: Knight's Helmet (probably the only case of associating a trait with a person who displays it)Vitality: The sun (representing energy)Innocence: Flower (particularly daisy) Maturity: Tree (personal growth) Joy: Explosion (energy release/freedom) Reserve: Cave (isolation)Valour: Sword - red-orange (boldness)Honour: Sword + Shield Spirit: (Honestly can not remember this one, but I remember it took forever to find something appropriate)Redemption: Rising from the ashes -Wisdom: Another treeIntellect: GearConviction: ScalesProsperity: The sun (shining brightly)

I think most people who do this kind of thing follow the same sort of pattern, and symbols are pretty universal. I'd love to know the exact reasons behind the official crests, particularly Knowledge and Reliability.

Courage:The Sun means in Buddhism a return to the Earth. It is engraved always on coffins of dead people and it also stands for the courage to face death. The color orange also supports the properties because it stands for strength and courage.

Friendship:The Yin-Yang symbol refer to the internal equilibrium of the soul. It shows that everyone has two sides that are neither fully light nor completely dark. The two spikes are arrows that symbolize a search here. The two different directions show that it is not so easy to find its target and his determination and that it can take longer.

Sincerity:The tear stands for a drop, falling into the water. It is sincere and cried from the intent or physical pain, but from mental or emotional pain. This legend originated in a religion, where a God wept a green tear, because he had to follow a celestial war, without doing anything. From pain he cried a single tear of green that was so pure and sincere, that changed everything.

Reliability:The cross stans for a promise or the confidence to keep others. It symbolizes the knowledge that the person who gives the promise keeps it reliable.

Love:The heart means love for a very long time. That is underlined with the color red, which also stands for love.

Knowledge:The circles in the water are the symbol of knowledge and prudence. If a drop in the water, it creates a small circle, which is increasing with time. Gradually falling more and more drops, which produce all circuits. As the circles in the water, also the knowledge expands, when you first came to an idea.

Hope:In General the shooting star stands for a special wish or hope that this comes true. When you see a shooting star, it is finally used to wish for something.

Light:The Lotus stands for peace, innocence and light. In addition, it symbolizes the charity, as it is known in Christianity. But originally the symbol of Buddhism comes. Both Buddha and other deities have their place has always been on a Lotus or Lake rose petal. Also the lamps at temples and other buildings have this form, so that the light can reach the gods.

So you've probably had people ask you this before. But if I send you a crest design, could you turn it into what you have above? I'm afraid I'm really bad with art and it took me forever to just get my crest design right? >.> Is mildly ashamed.

Aw, ok. So, do u think crests stand for a personality that u have/a persons strongest trait?Or do u believe it's a trait that someone is missing/doesn't have and that one still has to develop?Actually I believe this:digitalopinionbox.tumblr.com/p…

If that is true and crests represent a trait that u have to develop than my crest would be 'Happiness" or (in case of your crests) 'Joy'.

(Or maybe the crest IS the strongest trait of the DigiDestined, but a trait that is hidden and sealed deep inside one persons 'heart' until the it 'breaks out'. Maybe ... it's something like that ... )For ex. I'm a very cheerful person. (A lil bit like a female version of Davis or Takuya maybe ...) But ... I think there is a big difference between being a 'happy' person and feeling real 'happiness'. And I only felt 'real' happiness once in my life.I will never forget this moment or this feeling. I was a lil child and I was at the playground. I was alone there and I was just sitting on the ground and doing nothing.But suddenly that giant feeling of joy spread from my heart all over my body and filled entire body. - I wasn't just 'happy' - at that moment I felt 'happiness' itself. (Does that make any sense?) And at this very moment a very strong and bright white light began to shine somewhere. I was astonished as I looked into the light and I knew: This was my crest. Since that day I've never made that experience again.(Could u follow? I know I can be a lil complicated from time to time.)[U can insert the word 'joy' instead of happy/happiness if u like that better/think that it's better.]

But if crests represents our strongest traits/a peronality that we already have then I think my crest would most likely be 'loyality' or maybe 'patience'.

What I said is the official explanation. The crests were created by the overseers of the Digital World from information they collected during that battle. The kids may have had to rediscover those traits when they were older, but they were always their most virtuous traits.

The Digimon in brackets are the lines that the crests belong to. Some of them are based on traits the Digimon possess, some are based on the personalities of the humans they've been partnered with in the series.